City-states
The Greek word for a city-state
What is a polis?
Who was Lycurgus?
The people group located on the island of Crete that had a large sea-empire.
Who were the Minoans?
A sea-nymph and mother of Achilles
Who is Thetis?
Spartan slaves who did all of Sparta's manual labor
Who were the helots?
The artistic style invented by the city of Corinth
What is black-figure pottery?
The religious figure that Lycurgus supposedly received the new Spartan Constitution from
Who was the Oracle of Delphi?
A time of lower literacy and declining population in Ancient Greece
The son of Menoetius, close friend to Achilles.
Who was Patroclus?
A narrow strip of land surrounded by water on two sides that connects two larger land masses
What is an isthmus?
The major religious festival that required a truce between city-states to celebrate, consisting of athletic competitions.
What were the Olympics?
required dining between Spartan men, with a modest menu.
What is the common meal?
The most important part of a Greek man's identity
What is being Greek?
The king of Troy
Who was Priam?
The city in which the large palace complex of the Cretans is located
What is Knossus?
An alliance between Sparta and several other city-states that protected Sparta from slave uprisings and their rival, Argos.
What was the Peloponnesian League?
the second major reformer of Athens, redivided the tribes and expanded the Council to 500.
Who was Cleisthenes?
Ionian Greeks live in this major land mass
What is Asia Minor?
Old Greek commander who gives wise advice
Who was Nestor?
The Peninsula on which Sparta is located
What is the Peloponnese?
Major reformer for Athens who founded the Council of 400.
Who was Solon?
The two governments/societies that Lycurgus observed to form his thoughts on governance
What is Ionian and Cretan
Greek rulers who gained their power through popular means
What are tyrants?
Daughter of the priest of Apollo
The brother of Lycurgus who left behind a pregnant wife after he died.
Who was Polydectes?